Aug. 5, 2004: Fall Micro Enterprise
Training Class Dates Announced
For those interested in expanding or starting
a small business in Oswego County, the next round of Micro Enterprise
training and loan fund program classes is scheduled to begin in
September.
Coordinated by SUNY Oswego’s Small
Business Development Center (SBDC), Operation Oswego County (OOC),
the City of Fulton Community Development Agency and the City of
Oswego Community Development Office, the program provides a 21-hour
small-business training program that covers such topics as how to
write a business plan, how to obtain financing, accounting and tax
issues, business insurance, legalities, marketing, and other basic
business start-up matters. Classroom training is provided by SBDC
instructors Bernadette Mroz, Larry Perras and John Halleron as well
as area business professionals.
Graduates of the program are eligible to
apply for up to $25,000 in low-interest financing to expand or start
their business in Oswego County.
Tuition for the program is $165 and includes
all materials. Scholarships are available for households within
low to moderate income guidelines as established by U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development. At the completion of the program,
an intensive business-plan development course will be offered for
those who need further assistance in writing their business plans.
The upcoming Micro Enterprise Training Program
schedule is as follows:
City of Fulton: Oswego Falls
Business Center, 163 South First Street, Fulton.
- Saturdays Sept. 18 to Oct. 9, 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m.; and
- Wednesdays Jan. 12 to Feb. 23, 2005, 6
to 9 p.m.
To register, call 593-7166.
City of Oswego: Operation
Oswego County, 44 West Bridge Street, Oswego.
- Tuesdays Sept. 14 to Oct. 26, 6 to 9 p.m.;
and
- Saturdays Jan. 15 to Feb. 5, 2005, 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
To register, call 343-3795.
Operation Oswego County:
- Saturdays Oct. 23 to Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to
2 p.m.; town of Parish, location to be announced; and
- Tuesdays Feb. 8, 2005 to March 22, 2005,
6 to 9 p.m., Minetto Town Hall, 6 Community Drive, Minetto.
To register, call 343-1545.
For more information about the Micro Enterprise
Training Program class curriculum, visit www.oswegocounty.org/micro.html.
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